September 1, 2007

Big Fish in the PAC 10

It’s that time of year again, when college football returns to the gridiron, reigniting old rivalries both on and off the field. Around here, the big rivalry is that between the University of Washington and Washington State University, culminating in the Apple Cup game in November. Of course, some people are getting ready for it a bit early this year:

I don’t really have a preference for one school over the other (although I suspect that if I applied to WSU I’d probably get rejected for being too sober) but the use of identical (albeit reversed role) shirts for the two schools doesn’t seem to make a lot of sense. First of all, you’ve got two sharks and two “little” fish, which just makes it look like each shark is eating the other team’s second string. And who’s to say those sharks aren’t choking on those smaller fish anyway? Don’t those look just a bit too big for them to swallow? What you don’t see is that just out of view of the camera, there’s some SEC powerhouse lurking about, ready to devour both in one gulp at the first opportunity.